Mark R. Wiesner MS, PhD

Mark R. Wiesner serves as Director of the Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT) headquartered at Duke. He holds the James L. Meriam Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering with appointments in the Pratt School of Engineering and the Nicholas School of Environment. Dr. Wiesner’s research pioneered the field of environmental nanotechnology, the application of nanoscience to improve and protect public health and the environment, He co-edited/authored the book “Environmental Nanotechnologies” and serves as Associate Editor of the journals Nanotoxicology and Environmental Engineering Science and Co-editor of the journal Desalination. In 2004 Dr. Wiesner was named a “de Fermat Laureate” by the French Polytechnic Institute and French National Institute for Applied Sciences. Professor Wiesner is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.